writing that is not poetry 散文 the author’s clear elegant prose (= style of writing) 作者清雅的散文 I plan out an essay in note form before writing it up in continuous prose. 我先大致写个文章的大纲,再以散文的形式写出来。 a passage in prose 以散文的形式写的一段文章
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- lucid
- plain
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- piece
- write
- write in
- craft
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- works
- writing
- writer
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- in prose
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’.